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Available reporting and advocacy tallies indicate thousands of people have been reported “missing” from ICE/DHS public records since early 2025: a crowd‑sourced tracker claims 5,784 disappeared beginn...
Undocumented immigrants are generally ineligible for federally funded full health coverage (Medicaid, CHIP, Medicare) and cannot get Marketplace subsidies; federal “Emergency Medicaid” reimburses only...
Public reporting does not provide a clear ledger of dollars handed to street-level demonstrators opposing ; instead the coverage documents a political and organizational ecosystem — congressional appr...
Courts and advocates have challenged a wide range of ICE practices as unconstitutional — from warrantless detentions and courthouse arrests to detention conditions, mandatory no‑bond policies, biometr...
ICE does not publish a simple, public rule saying that state-issued driver’s licenses or non‑passport state IDs are proof of U.S. citizenship; federal guidance and reporting indicate driver’s licenses...
Legal experts, advocacy groups, and congressional Democrats say many of President Trump’s early actions have been unlawful or unconstitutional—courts have already blocked some orders and a judge calle...
U.S. citizens are not under a single, across‑the‑board legal duty to carry identification at all times; instead federal law requires presenting ID in specific circumstances such as boarding domestic a...
U.S. citizens are and can invoke constitutional protections when stopped by ICE, but practical realities make carrying or having ready access to documentary proof of citizenship strongly advisable. Of...
States require original documents that prove identity, age and U.S. citizenship or lawful status to issue REAL ID credentials — commonly a U.S. passport, a certified U.S. birth certificate, a Certific...
Two different counting methods produce two very different answers: using -style “removals” (formal deportation orders) yields roughly 827,000 people removed during the fiscal years that cover ’s two t...
As of the sources provided, a majority of reporting distinguishes ordinary state driver’s licenses (19 states + DC as of 2023–2025 reporting) from federally regulated commercial driver’s licenses (CDL...
Government figures and multiple news investigations show a sharp uptick in removals and arrests in 2025, with DHS claiming “more than 527,000” removals and department releases touting over 2 million d...
Yes — the One (OBBBA, often called the “Big Beautiful Bill”) delivered a large, additional appropriation to , widely reported as roughly $75 billion in extra funds that augment — not replace — ICE’s o...
’s expansion of prompted multiple high-profile legal challenges from , states and advocacy coalitions that argued the practices violated the Immigration and Nationality Act and Constitution; some suit...
Using consistent definitions that count both formal removals and returns, (1993–2000) and (2001–2008) administrations recorded the largest annual averages—roughly 1.54 million and 1.29 million per yea...
Yes — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can and does detain lawful permanent residents (green card holders) without first obtaining a judicial arrest warrant; ICE bases detention on immig...
—federally funded SNAP (food stamp) benefits have never been available to undocumented immigrants, though members of mixed‑status households who are U.S. citizens or otherwise “qualified” noncitizens ...
Multiple major reports say has been sharing airline passenger information with on a recurring basis, enabling ICE to cross‑check travelers against deportation databases and — in some cases — send agen...
As of mid‑2025, reporting and advocacy groups most often cite 19 states — plus the District of Columbia (and in some references Puerto Rico) — that allow some form of standard driver’s licenses or dri...
detainers are administrative requests—commonly Form I‑247—that ask local jails to notify ICE of an inmate’s release and/or hold the person up to 48 extra hours so ICE can assume custody . Many localit...